MARCHANT, Frederic Norman
(Service number 7/89)
Second row: Lieutenant Marchant, Captain Talbot, Lieutenant Blackett, Captain Hurst, Captain Hammond, Lieutenant Free, Lieutenant Bruce.
Sitting: Major Wain (O.C. 8th Sqd.), Captain Cody (Q.M.), Major Overton (2nd in Command), Lieutenant-Colonel Findlay (C.O.), Captain Blair (Adjutant), Major Acton-Adams (O.C. 1st Sqd.), Major Hutton (O.C. 10th Sqd.).
Front row: Lieutenant Gibbs (Signalling Officer), Tommy the mascot, Lieutenant Davison (Machine Gun Officer), Lieutenant G Dailey. (Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, PAColl-5268-2-01 )
| First Rank | Captain | Last Rank | Captain/Quartermaster |
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Birth
| Date | 23/11/1887 | Place of Birth | Timaru, South Canterbury, New Zealand |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | 13 August 1914 | Age | 26 |
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| Address at Enlistment | Wai-iti Rd.Timaru, New Zealand | ||
| Occupation | Architect on own account | ||
| Previous Military Experience | Five years College Rifles, Christchurch, New Zealand; 8th Regiment, South Canterbury Mounted Rifles. | ||
| Marital Status | SIngle | ||
| Next of Kin | Frederic William Marchant, Torquay, Devonshire, England; later updated to C/- Union Bank of Australia, 71 Cornhill, London | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | Main Body | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | Canterbury Mounted Rifles | ||
| Date | 16 October 1914 | ||
| Transport | Tahiti or Athenic - Ship | ||
| Embarked From | Lyttelton, New Zealand | Destination | Suez, Egypt |
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| Last Unit Served With | Canterbury Mounted Rifles | ||
Military Awards
| Campaigns | Egypt 1914-15, Egypt Expeditionary Force 1916, Gallipoli 1915 | ||
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| Service Medals | 1914/15 Star. British War Medal. Victory Medal | ||
Award Circumstances and Date
No information
Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 31 December 1916 | Age | 29 |
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| Place of Death | Egypt | ||
| Cause | Died of wounds | ||
| Memorial or Cemetery | Kantara War Memorial Cemetery, Egpyt | ||
| New Zealand Memorials | On Memorial wall, Timaru; Timaru Boys High School War Memorial Library plaque (as N Marchant); Memorial plaque, St Mary's Church, Timaru (as N Marchant) | ||
Biographical Notes
Son of Sara and Frederic William Marchant, brother of Eric Lachlan, Ruth and Kate Winnifred.
Marchant was found, by a Court of Enquiry, to have died of self-inflicted wounds on 31 December 1916, while temporarily insane. The tragic story is detailed further in "WW1 No. 7/89 Captain (and Quartermaster) Norman Marchant died of wounds" at https://sites.rootsweb.com/~nzlscant/Marchant.htm
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Cenotaph Database (Oct 2013); Archway(Oct 2013); CWGC (Oct 2013); NZ War Graves (Oct 2013); NZ BDM 1887/12178; Probate available from Archives New Zealand online at https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE66251487; SCRoll web submission by A Evans, 13 May 2023
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